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Bookmark or Share- Spencer Penrose, Ladies' Man and Philanthropist of Colorado SpringsSpencer Penrose (November 2, 1865–December 7, 1939) was a businessman, entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and philanthropist at the turn of the 20th century. He was 1 of 7 sons born into a prominent Philadelphia family to Richard Alexandria Fullerton and Sarah Hanna Penrose.
- Our Story - El Pomar FoundationFounders Spencer and Julie Penrose were visionary community stewards who invested in the well-being of the people of Colorado. Speck’s proclivity for promotion and Julie’s empathetic altruism uniquely positioned them to improve the lives of Coloradans.
- Meet Spencer Penrose, the Man Behind the Pikes Peak International Hill ...A wealthy, bottom-of-his-class graduate of Harvard, Spencer Penrose arrived in Colorado Springs in 1892 and invested in a mining venture with his childhood friend Charles Tutt. The two...
- Broadmoor builder’s rollicking, frolicking life - The Denver PostLate in life, Spencer Penrose, the spectacularly successful Colorado Springs mining magnate and hotelier, was forced to have his left eye removed. The eye, injured 40 years earlier in a college...
- Spencer Penrose - Colorado EncyclopediaSpencer Penrose (1865-1939) was an entrepreneur, gold miner, and philanthropist who made significant contributions to the Colorado Springs community, including the construction of the Broadmoor Hotel and the establishment of the El Pomar Foundation.
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